Winery Rucahue Family VineyardSyrah - Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Food and wine pairings with Syrah - Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Syrah - Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Syrah - Merlot
The Syrah - Merlot of Winery Rucahue Family Vineyard matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, couscous of meat and fish or leg of wild boar.
Details and technical informations about Winery Rucahue Family Vineyard's Syrah - Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Syrah - Merlot from Winery Rucahue Family Vineyard are 2011, 2013, 0
Informations about the Winery Rucahue Family Vineyard
The Winery Rucahue Family Vineyard is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Loncomilla Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Loncomilla Valley
Valley at the heart of Chile's Maule Valley DO around San Javier and Villa Alegre (250 km south of Santiago): signature Bordeaux varieties — Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot as ruling reds with red and black fruits (cherry, plum, blackcurrant), meaty, accessible profile. Spicy Carmenère and old-vine Carignan complement, ancestral Pais emerging. Mediterranean climate, tempering Pacific breezes, 20°C diurnal range, long phenolic ripening.
The wine region of Central Valley
Heart of modern Chilean wine: structured, sunny reds, dense, blackcurranty Cabernet Sauvignon from Maipo (Chilean cradle of the grape), signature Carménère with notes of ripe pepper, black fruit and sweet spices from Colchagua, supple Merlot and deep Syrah. Round Chardonnay whites and lively, sharp Sauvignon. Mediterranean climate, 400 km between Andes and Pacific. Star sub-regions: Maipo, Cachapoal, Colchagua, Curicó, Maule.
The word of the wine: Foaming
Name given to the second alcoholic fermentation that sparkling wines undergo. It gives rise to a release of carbon dioxide in the bottle.
